ICD-10: Everything You Know Is About To Change The transition to ICD-10 is one of the most daunting regulatory requirements ever imposed on physicians. Not only will the number of diagnosis codes dramatically increase from 16,000 ICD-9 codes to 68,000 ICD-10 codes, new formatting and documentation requirements will impact numerous medical office processes and personnel. November 12, 2012 Educational Event, Payment, Physician Resource, Practice Management, Technology 5010, ICD-10 0 0 Comment Read More »
Call for Advisory Committee Nominations – California Health eQuality Initiative IPHI seeking nominations for a statewide CHeQ HIE Advisory Committee. October 3, 2012 News, Technology CHeQ, California Health eQuality Initiative, IPHI 0 0 Comment Read More »
Physicians Input Needed for CALHIPSO Data Analytics/EHR Program; Stipends Available All SFMS physician members are invited to participate in a 7/31 focus group regarding CalHIPSO’s development of a Data Analytics Pilot Project. The new CALHIPSO project is intended to offer physicians, medical groups, and other health care organizations the ability to extract and analyze their own electronic health information in whatever manner may be desired for the purposes of quality assurance/improvement. July 17, 2012 SFMS Member Events, Technology EHR, physician focus group, CALHIPSO 0 0 Comment Read More »
California Physicians' EHR Systems Fall Short of Meaningful Use Criteria Although most California physicians use electronic health record systems, only 30% of them use EHR systems that have the ability to meet the requirements of the meaningful use program. June 18, 2012 EHR, Physician Resource, Technology, UCSF EHR, meaningful use 0 0 Comment Read More »
5010 Format Required for Electronic Claims Beginning July 1 The deadline for transitioning electronic transactions to the updated 5010 version of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) transactions standards is July 1, 2012. You will be required to conduct electronic transactions such as claims submissions, eligibility verification, claims status, remittance advice and referral authorizations using the updated transaction standards. June 12, 2012 HIPAA, Medicare, Payment, Physician Resource, Technology 5010, health information technology, HIPAA 0 0 Comment Read More »
